Advice To Clients
Employers, employees and unions can apply to the Authority for help with employment problems they have been unable to resolve an employment dispute directly or through mediation.
To lodge an application, you need to include certain information and pay the fee. You can apply online, by post or in person, together with the required fee of $71.56.
What Gets Filed?
Either you or your employer can begin the process of going to the Employment Relations Authority. You need to fill out a simple form called a “Statement of problem”, explaining in plain language what the problem is and how you’d like it resolved.
The Employment Relations Authority is based in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, but its members can travel to the place where the problem has arisen.
Where does it get filed?
Our determinations are a matter of public record and are published online once they are made. In some special circumstances, we can issue a non-publication order to protect personal or sensitive commercial information from being made publicly available. Requests for a non-publication order need to be in writing. Ensure you include your reasons for seeking the order.
How? Any Further Steps For Replies?
Once we have received your application documents and lodgement fee, one of the Authority Officers will send you a written acknowledgement. The Authority Officer will be your point of contact throughout the process. They cannot provide legal advice or decide if you have a case worth taking further.
Who Else Does It Need To Be Served On?
The Authority will send a copy of the application to the respondent at the address you gave in your application. Once they have received the documents, the respondent will then have 14 days to submit their statement in reply.
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about the author
Tesa Va’afusuaga
SOLICITOR
Tesa has appeared in the Waitangi Tribunal and District Court, and prior to practising as a solicitor, was an assistant registrar in the Waitangi Tribunal and executive assistant to Chief Judge Isaac in the Māori Land Court.
